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JOHN VBEN'ILEY7 OF WOONSOOKEI, RHODE ISLAND.

Laim Parent N0. 76,042, time March 31, 186s.

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY GONCERN:

vBe it known that-I, JOHN W. BENTLEY, of wvoonsooket, in the county ofProvidence, and Stateof Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Manufacture of Spotted or Olouded Yarn; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the-art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure I is a. front Viewof my improved machinery for making clouded yarn.

Figure 2, a vertical section of the same, tak'en in the line ft' a',iig. I. v

Similar letters ofpreference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of cloudedor spotted yarn, and consists in rollers and changegear,operatingintermittently, attached to an ordinary spinning-i`rame, by which aportion of the threads of one color are continuously spun, while ropingoi' another color is combined with them in such manner as to producechanges in the color or shade of the yarn at regular distances apart, ashereinafter more particularly described. v

The drawing represents an ordinary spinning-frame and rollers, to whichmy improvements are attached. Two. or more threads of any colo'r, comingfrom the spool E, pass dou-n between the ordinary rollsj N, and down infront of the additional rolls HI, and under the small roll L, coming incontact with the raping of some other color-runni ng from a slidingspool, shown in red, fig. 2, resting on the friction-roll or drum C.After the roping passes between the rolls H I, the two colorsof' theropingfandrthe thread from the spool E run together, andere spun in theusual man ner, but this combination continues only se long as the motionof the relLC and the rolls H I is continued, which motion isintermittent in its nature, being operated by a change-gear lm-Ul G,engaging the carrier-'gear K during a part of its revolution only. Thecarrier-gear K works into the gear J, which drives the roll I, and alsoworks into a train of gear-wheels, tt b c, as shown in the drawing, todrire the drum G. rIhus the drutn C and the rolls II' I have acorresponding intermittent motion, while the rolls F N have a continuousor constant motion; and `while the thread from the spool is continuouslyspun, the roping lfrom the spool resting on the drum C combines withthread to run the different colors together, in spinning onl v,

while the change-gear Gengages the carrier-gear K, and the roping breakswhenever the change-gear disen gages, and the motion of the drumkand therolls II I is suspended, thus cutting ofi` the combination of diil'erentcolors for a part of the revolution ofthe change-gear; but'as soon asthe ehangegear engages the carrier-.gear

Ii, the roping again starts, and is spun with the thread, as before,whereby aspotted or clouded yarn is produced by the union of the twocolors at regular distances.

The spotting or clouding of the yarn may be varied by making thechange-gcarso as to operate lilcrently, by engaging and disengaging thecarrier-gear at different parts of its revolution.

The smallroll L receives its motion continuously, by a band, d, from theroll N.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as ilew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

'Ibe combination of the additional rolls H I L, and the change-gear G,with a common spinning-frame,

arranged and operating substantially as andfor the purposes herein shownand described.

` JOHN' W. entertain Witnesses:

GEORGE BENTLEY, BENJ. BERTENSHAW.

